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In the days before the closure, a medical team will be\u00a0administering antibiotics to the students and staff of the school to prevent the infection from spreading.<\/p>\n
The Health Service officials are partnering with a medical team from the World Health Organization to screen and treat students who have been infected.<\/p>\n
Dr. Tenkorang said the team, after administering the antibiotics, will conduct an intensive survey in the school find the possible source of the bacteria.<\/p>\n
“From there, we will do an intensive survey in the\u00a0school. We will scan the entire environment, we will investigate the kitchen, investigate every staff and the environment to see if there is any infection hiding somewhere that is causing this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also appealed to parents to be patient, and support the medical team as they try to solve the problem.<\/p>\n
The Noguchi\u00a0Memorial Institute for Medical Research is also expected to present a report on the cause of deaths on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0deaths were initially suspected to be meningitis-related.<\/p>\n Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, the Minister of Health,\u00a0Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, who had been\u00a0summoned\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>to appear later to provide answers on the issue, noted that “the Head of Public Service and his other colleagues are all in Kumasi. They picked up samples of the blood and the post-mortem was done and they are suspecting Meningitis.”<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t had any report that indicates anything apart from the suspicion that we had. I may need a little bit of time to get the report, read it before I can brief the House adequately,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Six students have so far been discharged from the KNUST hospital, while 18 others are still on admission.<\/p>\n Four students died earlier in 2017, whilst three died just last week. Another died on Tuesday morning, prompting parents to raise concerns about the safety of their wards in the school.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Kwaku-Agyemang-Manu.jpg\")